The Maximum PC Podcast is back, with another heaping helping of tech news, questions, and rants. This week, Gordon, Nathan, Alan and Andy discuss HP's Palm buy, Infinity Ward, the HTC Incredible, and just why it is that Steve Jobs hates Flash so much.

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Those that were waiting for the Verizon edition of the Nexus One might have to reevaluate things today. The Google phone portal today changed their wording regarding the Verizon Nexus One. Where it previously stated the Nexus would be available on Big Red in the Spring, it now says, "For Verizon's network, you can buy the Droid Incredible by HTC."

Google later responded to questions about the change about the change, making it clear the Nexus One wasn't headed to Verizon at all. It read:

"We won't be selling a Nexus One with Verizon, and this is a reflection of the amazing innovation happening across the open Android ecosystem. Verizon Wireless customers who want an Android phone with the power of the Nexus One can get the Droid Incredible by HTC."

It's odd that Google is promoting a phone like the Incredible that runs the custom HTC Sense interface on Android. They have traditionally focused more on stock Android phones, but this may just speak more to their closeness with HTC. It's unclear if the final decision to kill off the Verizon Nexus One was Google's or Verizon's. Verizon is a CDMA carrier, which gives them final say over what devices will be registered to run on their network. It could be they just wanted to focus completely on the Droid Incredible.

Was anyone still waiting for the Nexus on Big Red? Will you just go for the Incredible instead?

Another week's gone by, and it's time for another episode of the No BS Podcast. This time the crew (featuring Nathan, Gordon, Andy and a first-ever appearance by new EIC George Jones) discusses the Library of Congress' newfound interest in Twitter, the HTC incredible, and the crazy new case from Lian Li. Gordon discusses the relative merits of tip jars and arson.

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The HTC Incredible has been rumored for a debut on Verizon for several months now, and today we got the first sure sign. Verizon itself allowed an internal staging page for the "Droid Incredible" to go live for all to see. The page was only accessible temporarily, as Big Red locked the page back down soon after anyone noticed; it now requests a password to access. Accidental leak, or cunning marketing ploy?

The Droid Incredible (with new Verizon compatible naming scheme) is an Android phone running a Sense UI version of Android 2.1 (Éclair). If you believe the previous leaks, it will be sporting very similar hardware to the Nexus One with a 1GHz Snapdragon CPU and AMOLED touchsceeen at 480x800. The Incredible does add a 8MP camera instead of the Nexus' 5MP cam. It also has the trackpad in place of a trackball, a theme on newer HTC Android handsets.

No pricing details were available on the leaked page. The Droid Eris was just listed as end of life, presumably to make way for the Incredible, but we expect the price to be higher than that of the Eris. Any Verizon customers planning to pick one up? Where do you think Verizon should price it?